Where does “puunpala” come from?

puunpala (Finnish) comes from Finnish puu, from Proto-Finnic puu, from Proto-Uralic puwe — tree, wood.

puunpala (Finnish): piece of wood, block of wood

Definitions

  1. piece of wood, block of wood

Ancestry of “puunpala”, step by step

puunpala traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish puu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpuutree; wood
2Proto-Finnicpuutree
3Proto-Uralicpuwetree, wood

via Finnish pala

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpalapiece, bit; lump, chunk; block
2Proto-Finnicpalabit
3Proto-Uralicpalabit
Every word from Proto-Uralic puwe →Every word from Proto-Finnic puu →Every word from Finnish puu →